guinchar
Portuguese, verb/ɡĩˈʃa(ʁ)/
guinchar is spelled G-U-I-N-C-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guinchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shriek (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soltar guinchos; gritar estridentemente”.
What does guinchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shriek (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry)
- 2
to winch (to raise something using a winch)
- 3
to tow with a towtruck
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. soltar guinchos; gritar estridentemente 2. arrastar, levar a reboque (um veículo) com o guincho
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guinchar
- guincho first-person present singular
- guinchei first-person preterite singular
- guinchado participle past
- guinchares infinitive second-person singular
- guincharmos first-person infinitive plural
- guinchardes infinitive plural second-person
- guincharem infinitive plural third-person
- guinchando gerund
- guinchados masculine participle past
- guinchada feminine participle past
- guinchadas feminine participle past
- guinchas indicative present second-person
- guincha indicative present singular
- guinchamos first-person indicative plural
- guinchais indicative plural present
- guincham indicative plural present
- guinchava first-person imperfect indicative
- guinchavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guinchar?
- Brazil /ɡĩˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡĩˈʃa(h)]
- /ɡĩˈʃa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guinchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guinchar in Portuguese?
guinchar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).